United States-New York-Unknown City - NJUKEE, United States
$110-165k
Full Time
4 hours ago
Job description
Description
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.
Northrop Grumman is seeking an experienced Supplier Quality Engineer to join our Supplier Performance Management Field Engineering team. This team supports programs with suppliers across the United States and Internationally.
The location required is in the New York region.
This position works a 9/80 schedule and will travel an estimated 75%.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Collaborate in a team environment, negotiate and integrate different viewpoints, prioritize and adjust tasks to accomplish the project results.
- Represent the company with credibility, confidence and professionalism.
- Perform Specification Compliance Reviews, First Article Inspections and Source inspections on various categories of hardware such as PWBs, CCAs, cables and connectors, microelectronics, electro-mechanical systems, and power supplies.
- Understands continuous process improvement (CI) and can effectively develop and execute CI initiatives and activities.
- Initiate Corrective Action Plans and work with suppliers, manufacturing and engineering personnel to identify root cause and ensure robust corrective actions are implemented.
- Analyze and interpret data to identify suppliers’ process issues and developing solutions
- Perform process and product audits along with capacity assessments to ensure the supplier's processes are robust and capable, as well as compliant to Military and Space requirements.
- Effectively perform supplier surveillance activities designed to manage and improve supplier performance, productivity, and process validation.
- Apply technologies, scientific principles, theories and concepts to analyze and audit our suppliers’ processes and capabilities.
- Capable of leading cross-functional teams in pursuit of performance improvements aligned to department and organizational goals
- Mitigate supplier quality risk to prevent/minimize business impact from supplied material defects
- Proactive reduction and prevention of supplied material defect occurrences and verification of supplied material defect claims
- Lead on-site supplier engagements, including performance reviews and Quality System audits
- Be able to analyze and present data to all levels of leadership
- Strong communication skills (both oral and written)
- Understands general contracting principles in a Department of Defense and commercial environment
- Establish positive working relationships with suppliers and internal teams
- Develop and mentor new engineers.
- Must be a self-starter able to plan and schedule the required activities and must be flexible to accommodate urgent program needs.
Job Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications for a Supplier Quality Engineer 4 are:
- 8 or more years of experience in Quality, Manufacturing or Design Engineering and/or 8+ years of experience in Continuous Improvement; 6 Years with Masters; 4 Years with PhD
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance
- US Citizenship required.
- Knowledge of ISO 9001 or AS9100 requirements
- Must be able to travel up to 75% of the Time
- Experience in root cause analysis and corrective action
- Demonstrated skill to lead teams and projects
- Knowledge of J-STD-001, IPC-A-600, 610, 620 or Mil-Std-883
Preferred Qualifications:
- Possess current DOD Secret Clearance.
- Experience working in the defense industry.
- Process knowledge and manufacturing engineering experience in PWB, CCAs, microelectronics, RF devices, electro-mechanical systems, and Power Supplies.
- Certification in J-STD-001, IPC-A-600, 610, 620 or Mil-Std-883.
- Experience with Space Requirements
- Six Sigma or Lean certifications.
- Lead auditor experience to ISO 9001 and AS9100, AS9102 requirements.
- Understanding of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (ANSI Y14.5M)
- ASQ Lead Auditor, CQE, CQM Certification
What We Can Offer You –
Northrop Grumman provides a comprehensive benefits package and a work environment which encourages your growth and supports the mutual success of our people and our company. Northrop Grumman benefits give you the flexibility and control to choose the benefits that make the most sense for you and your family.
Your benefits will include the following: Health Plan, Savings Plan, Paid Time Off and Additional Benefits including Education Assistance, Training and Development, 9/80 Work Schedule (where available), and much more!